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Two young boys playing a drumming computer game

Power Up

Special event

Saturdays and Sundays during term time, daily during school holidays

Take gaming to the next level with Power Up at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.

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CHRISTMAS LECTURE live screening: The truth about food

Special event

Tuesday 10 December 2024

Delve deep into digestion with Dr Chris van Tulleken and the first of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution.

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A man and three young girls playing with an interactive museum display

Home Educators Day

Special event

Wednesday 8 January 2025

Take part in educational activities and shows in this exclusive day for home-educated families.

Two museum volunteers stood in front of a replica of the Baby computer

Meet Baby

Free demonstration

Dates and times vary

Watch volunteers run our replica Baby and see how far computing has come since 1948.

A man holding his arms up, stood in front of Victorian machinery

Textiles demonstration

Free demonstration

Daily shows (when possible)

Go back in time to the working mills of 150 years ago, experience the thundering sounds of the machinery and find out what life was like for thousands of mill workers.

A woman stood in front of a board with pictures on it, talking to a crowd off camera.

Spotlight Talks

Free talk

Dates and times vary

Join our Highlights volunteers for a free talk about the Science and Industry Museum.

What’s on

Power Up

CHRISTMAS LECTURE live screening: The truth about food

Home Educators Day

Meet Baby

Textiles demonstration

Spotlight Talks

Part of the Science Museum Group